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Earlier this week, Jefferson County joined the rest of the metro area in conducting a yearly point-in-time survey of homelessness across the county.

The survey, a nationwide initiative, helps communities understand trends and respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness. The information also is provided to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. In Jeffco, the effort began at sundown Monday and continued until after sundown the following day.

After months of discussion, the Foothills Park and Recreation board on Jan. 23 unanimously approved a Feeding Many community garden and orchard.

The project will develop a garden and orchard on a plot of land at Weaver Creek Park on South Cole Street, adjacent to Kendallvue Elementary. The garden will be a resource for Kendallvue students and the surrounding neighborhood.

A jury trial has been scheduled for Jordan Lemarinel, a suspect in the 2017 murder of a Littleton man.

Lemarinel, 27, was arrested last May in connection with the death of Samuel Addison Stewart, a 26-year-old Dakota Ridge High School graduate and Littleton native. He pleaded not guilty in September to felony charges of first-degree murder and will return to court Feb. 16 for a pretrial readiness conference and then Feb. 28 for trial.

Next year, Columbine High School will be the first Jeffco Public School to offer the advanced placement capstone diploma program.

The high school was approved for the program in December after a lengthy application process. With the AP capstone program, Columbine will add two courses to its current AP class offers. Those classes — AP seminar and AP research — focus on building the skills and in-depth knowledge that students need in preparation for college, according to Shannon Vigil, vice principal at Columbine.

For nearly two years, the Colorado Department of Transportation has been studying ways to improve traffic along C-470 from Kipling Parkway to Interstate 70.

Along with the WestConnect Coalition, a collaborative effort led by local and state agencies, CDOT conducted a “planning and environmental linkages,” or PEL, study. The study developed short- and long-term transportation alternatives and ultimately hopes to reduce traffic congestion and improve safety for all users.

Something for nothing
WEST COAL MINE AVENUE — According to the solid citizen who called JCSO on the afternoon of Dec. 27, a rock-throwing rogue was busily busting the windows out of a defunct fast-food franchise. Advised to look for a man walking west wearing a gray hoodie and red backpack, deputies easily identified the purported pane pelter and asked what he was up to.